This workshop is for anyone working with young people; teachers, guidance, social workers, youth workers, charities, third sector professionals, GPs, police etc.
Not all young people with trauma problems will access help from mental health professionals – so you are it! Within your scope of practice, you will learn to respond skilfully and impactfully for young people.
By the end of the course you will have;
– Increased your knowledge and understanding of how trauma impacts young people’s lives
– Skills to recognise and confidently deal with young people’s insecure attachment styles
– Practical tools to increase your trauma skills in your day to day work
– Skills in supporting young people a chance to catch up developmentally
What you’ll learn
– Types of trauma including complex trauma
– Why it is important to be a trauma-informed organisation
– How to avoid re-traumatising a young person
– Case studies – how has trauma manifested itself in, behaviour, communication style, appearance
– If you could see beneath the surface, what is really going on? – Judgments, perceptions, conclusions about a young person
– How to recognise different attachment styles in how a young person presents
– How to respond to a young person as a secondary attachment figure
– Understand the 3 insecure attachment styles and their impact on learning
– How to adapt your style to connect with insecurely attached young people
